"Blow the Zone" Horvat Strikes Back

[Izzy Goodenough]

Every bridge from Vancouver to Elmont, New York was burned tonight:

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[gringo]

I mean ya fans are pretty quiet when the captain can’t lead the team to the playoffs

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Who cares. Let him butter up his fans. Hope he can make some noise in the playoffs.

Besides, maybe he was truly hurt seeing his jersey tossed, deserved or not.

I fully expect our media to overreact though.

 

[carrotshirt]

Thought he had more class than that, thanks for all your years “captain”.

 

[rypper]

Fans calling into the 650 post game show sounded like jilted ex lovers. 3/4 of people calling in, texting whatever wanted to talk Horvat.

Who cares.

It's less a shot at Vancouver and more an effort to win over fans in New York.

 

[4Twenty]

Well he’s not wrong. This is his first playoff race since his rookie year.

Obviously it’s better than the non existent ones he had in Vancouver.

 

[CherryToke]

Imagine having that cringe factory as your captain. The players couldn't be more happy that he's gone and it shows.

And it's just a matter of time before NY fans turn on him and his bloated contract.

Good riddance fake leader!

 

[NoShowWilly]

I mean ya fans are pretty quiet when the captain can’t lead the team to the playoffs

Had to captain through the worst management team in history but lets place the blame on bo.

If i was bo and had read fan comments after the trade id tell the fanbase to go f*** themselves. Greasy keyboard swine acting hurt after spending the last 6 weeks taking shots.

 

[alternate]

Whaaat Horvat didn't love playing for next season by Christmas every year? I'm shocked.

Anyways, I always appreciate a good heel turn, so rock your promos HorFAT.

 

[Nucker101]

He's just sucking up to his new fanbase, but you know he's still salty about how it played out here since he went out of his way to mention Vancouver, the reporter didn't even mention the Canucks lol

 

[Iron Mike Sharpe]

 

[theKRAKhouse]

Classy

 

[kcunac]

Exactly. Real classy. Reflects worse on him than the Canucks.

 

[RebuildinVan]

What do you expect from a guy who played his entire career on a mismanaged team that did nothing but loose?

 

[VanJack]

He who laughs last, laughs best, as they say. Horvat has seven goals in 29 games with the Islanders. And I predict that will the 'pace' he adjusts to on the Island. His season with the Canucks this year was a total aberration.

For $8.5m a season, the Islanders are going to get a 50-60 point player. Far too much money for too little production. And that won't be 'a lot better than Vancouver'.

 

[Cancuks]

Islanders have perhaps the worst prospect pool in the league, an aging core, and may lose Sorokin as a UFA next season and he's the only reason they are even in a playoff race. It says a lot about him when he plays his best hockey in a contract year and then once he gets paid he goes back to being his old 20 goal 50 point self. Never thought he was about the money but he clearly is and isn't about winning either. The team improved without him. Enjoy the bottom of the standings Bo, because after next season you'll be back there for a long long time.

 

[elitepete]

Don’t care about this soft player. Hopefully he can move on and stop talking about us.

 

[AzNightmare]

Yeah... he's been lackluster since being traded. Not surprised, although I would have expected him to go back to reality for next season, not right after being traded, lol.

Maybe salty Canucks didn't over evaluate him. But then again, maybe just fortunate circumstances that Vancouver didn't have the cap, otherwise maybe they would have actually thought he's a 8.5mil player.

 

[Diversification]

That was a cheap nod to Isles fans. It won't buy him much time or good will though if his productivity continues to slip. Time to walk the walk, Bo.

 

[FlowMaster]

“It feels we may never win again”.

This guy is dumb as rocks. Lazy player, and lame leader.

 

[DS7]

That's more a shot at the inept management he had to captain through and the state of the team than the fans.

 

[AzNightmare]

That's more a shot at the inept management he had to captain through and the state of the team than the fans.

Maybe so, but the question was also included about the excitement of the arena and fans. So probably not the best time to give the salty answer at this place and time. Vancouver was not brought up into the question, they're not divisional rivals or even in the same conference. Literally no reason to bring up Vancouver other than being salty. This definitely could have been interpreted as a shot at the fans themselves (or everything about Vancouver Canucks).

I'm sure in a couple days, he'll come back and "clarify" it wasn't meant at the fans, he's just excited about being on team having a legit shot at playoff hockey where that wasn't the case in Vancouver, blah blah blah.

 

[Luck 6]

Well, that’ll earn him boos upon his return, that’s for sure haha.

 

[Luck 6]

That's more a shot at the inept management he had to captain through and the state of the team than the fans.

Twist it how you want, but that’s not really how he responded.

 

[tantalum]

Reflects pretty poorly on Horvat to be honest.

I was never high on his captaincy as I got sick of the platitudes and/or say nothings of his interviews which was often followed be inaction on the ice (same went for Miller). Mentioned it before and my opinion hasn’t changed.